Hi,
I have a variable $accessgroups, which has a series of comma-delimited values, like:
group_a,group_b
The other variable $restaccessgroups has:
group_f,group_g
I also have another set of variables:
group_a_descr=Description of group a
group_b_descr=Description of group b
group_f_descr=Description of group f
group_g_descr=Description of group g
I now want a dialog with group_a and the value of $group_a_descr
Code:
dialog --separate-output --output-separator "," --checklist blah 20 80 10 `echo $accessgroups | awk -F, '{ for (i = 1; i < NF; ++i ) print $i " " ${i}_descr " on"}'` `echo $restaccessgroups | awk -F, '{ for (i = 1; i < NF; ++i ) print $i " " ${i}_descr " off"}'`
This gives me
Code:
(*) group_a group_a,group_b
(*) group_b group_a,group_b
( ) group_f group_f,group_g
( ) group_g group_f,group_g
What I want:
Code:
(*) group_a Description of group_a
(*) group_b Description of group_b
( ) group_f Description of group_f
( ) group_g Description of group_g
I have tried:
awk -F, '{ for (i = 1; i < NF; ++i ) print $i " " $i_descr " on"}'
awk -F, '{ for (i = 1; i < NF; ++i ) print $i " " ${$i}_descr " on"}'
awk -F, '{ for (i = 1; i < NF; ++i ) print $i " ${i}_descr" " on"}'
with no success.
I am open to alternatives to awk....
